kourpa
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Makhuwa ekhoropa (charcoal).
Noun
[edit]kourpa
- giant African land snail
References
[edit]- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Seychellois Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Makhuwa ekhoropa (“snail”).
Noun
[edit]kourpa
- giant African land snail
References
[edit]- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
- Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.